Performance of constructed wetland for highway runoff treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 315-322

  Bulc, T ^a   Sajn Slak, Alenka ^a  

^a R and D Water Ecology Group Limnos   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Highway runoff; Metals

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGHWAY PLANNING; RUNOFF; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

MOTORWAYS;

WETLANDS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MINERAL OIL; NICKEL; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROAD; RUNOFF; STABILIZATION POND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AUTUMN; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENT; HIGHWAY; MONITORING; NUTRIENT; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SLOVENIA; SOLID; SPRING; SUMMER; SUSPENSION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0042763952     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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